Notion MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with Notion. This server enables Language Models to interact with your Notion workspace through standardized tools for searching, reading, creating, and updating pages and databases.
🌟 Key Features
Page Operations
- 🔍 Search through your Notion workspace
- 📝 Create new pages with rich markdown content
- 📖 Read page content with clean formatting
- 🔄 Update existing pages
- 💬 Add and retrieve comments
- 🧱 Block-level operations (update, delete)
Enhanced Markdown Support
- Multiple heading levels (H1-H3)
- Code blocks with language support
- Interactive todo items with checkbox states
- Blockquotes with multi-line support
- Horizontal dividers
- Images with captions
- Nested bullet points
Database Operations
- Create and manage databases
- Add and update database items
- Query with filters and sorting
- Support for various property types:
- Title, Rich text, Number
- Select, Multi-select
- Date, Checkbox
- And more!
🚀 Getting Started
Prerequisites
- Node.js (v16 or higher)
- Notion API key
- MCP-compatible client (e.g., Claude Desktop)
Installation
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/v-3/notion-server.git
cd notion-server
- Install dependencies:
- Set up your environment:
# Create .env file
echo "NOTION_API_KEY=your_notion_api_key_here" > .env
# Or export directly
export NOTION_API_KEY=your_notion_api_key_here
- Build the server:
🔧 Configuration
Claude Desktop Setup
- Update your Claude Desktop configuration (
claude_desktop_config.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"notion": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/notion-server/build/index.js"],
"env": {
"NOTION_API_KEY": "your_notion_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
- Restart Claude Desktop to apply changes
Page Operations
// Search pages
{
query: string // Search query
}
// Read page
{
pageId: string // ID of the page to read
}
// Create page
{
title?: string, // Page title
content?: string, // Page content in markdown
parentPageId: string // Parent page ID
properties?: object // For database items
}
// Update page
{
pageId: string, // Page ID to update
content: string, // New content
type?: string // Content type
}
Database Operations
// Create database
{
parentPageId: string,
title: string,
properties: object
}
// Query database
{
databaseId: string,
filter?: object,
sort?: object
}
🔐 Setting Up Notion Access
Creating an Integration
- Visit Notion Integrations
- Click "New integration"
- Configure permissions:
- Content: Read, Update, Insert
- Comments: Read, Create
- User Information: Read
Connecting Pages
- Open your Notion page
- Click "..." menu → "Connections"
- Add your integration
- Repeat for other pages as needed
📝 Usage Examples
Creating a Page
const result = await notion.create_page({
parentPageId: "page_id",
title: "My Page",
content: "# Welcome\nThis is a test page."
});
Querying a Database
const result = await notion.query_database({
databaseId: "db_id",
filter: {
property: "Status",
select: {
equals: "In Progress"
}
}
});
🤝 Contributing
Contributions are welcome! Please:
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Submit a Pull Request
📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
🙏 Acknowledgments
This project has been significantly improved by sweir1/notion-server, who has made following updates:
- Enhanced markdown support with more block types
- Comprehensive database operations
- Improved error handling and debugging
- Better property handling for database items
- Cleaner page output formatting
To use sweir1's version, you can clone their repository:
git clone https://github.com/sweir1/notion-server.git